Interviews

Deep Purple’s keyboardist Don Airey has during his long career played with everyone, including Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Rainbow, Gary Moore, Whitesnake, Judas Priest, Saxon, Jethro Tull, Michael Schenker Group, UFO and many more.

Swedish musician Pontus Egberg is the bass player for heavy metal bands King Diamond and Wolf.

The American guitarist Doug Aldrich made a name for himself with Dio and Whitesnake. He joined The Dead Daisies as lead guitarist in 2016.

Tom Allom is an English recording engineer and record producer. As an engineer, Tom worked on Black Sabbath’s first three albums. As a producer, he has worked on eleven Judas Priest albums.

The English guitarist Graham Oliver co-founded heavy metal band Saxon in Yorkshire, England in 1977.

In 2020, Brazilian thrash metal band Nervosa’s bassist and vocalist Fernanda Lira left the band together with drummer Luana Dametto to focus on their terrific death metal band Crypta.

The American guitarist Marty Friedman made a name for himself with the bands Cacophony and Megadeth before he moved to Japan where he has continued his successful solo career.

Naoko Yamano is the lead vocalist and guitarist for the cult Japanese rock band Shonen Knife. She founded the garage rock trio in Osaka in 1981.

Tom Angelripper is the vocalist, bassist and main songwriter for the German thrash metal band Sodom which he founded in 1981.

Hampus Klang is the guitarist for the Swedish heavy metal band Bullet. He is also one of the founders and organisers of the cult Swedish heavy metal festival Muskelrock.

Former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, currently plays with Sons of Apollo and Asia and is active as a solo artist, composer and producer.

The Japanese musician and vocalist Dr. Mikannibal (aka Mika Kawashima) sings and plays the saxophone in the legendary Japanese avant-garde black metal band Sigh.

American guitarist Alex Grossi is the lead guitarist for Quiet Riot, having been invited to join the band by its original vocalist Kevin DuBrow in 2004. Alex is also playing with Hookers & Blow, a project he has with Guns N’ Roses’ Dizzy Reed.